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Role of the factor V Leiden mutation in septic peritonitis assessed in factor V Leiden transgenic mice.
Critical care medicine - 1 Aug 2006
Brüggemann Lois W, Schoenmakers Saskia H H F, Groot Angelique P, Reitsma Pieter H, Spek C Arnold
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OBJECTIVE: The factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation (Arg506Glu) results in the production of an FV protein that when activated is relatively resistant to inactivation by activated protein C and thereby leads to predisposition to thrombosis. The rather high prevalence of the FVL mutation in the general...
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